Home Minister Amit Shah is chairing a meeting with a delegation from Jammu & Kashmir's Apni Party led by Altaf Bukhari, at the Ministry of Home Affairs. Home Secretary AK Bhalla and other senior officers present.

Amit Shah chairs meet with J&K's Apni Party delegation

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday, March 15 chaired a meeting with a delegation from Jammu and Kashmir's Apni Party and discussed issues like concerns on demographic changes in the erstwhile state, delimitation exercise and grant of state domicile. Mar 15, 2020
Corporate tax

Mobile Phone prices in India to get dearer: Here are the new GST rates

At the 39th GST Council meeting held in New Delhi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced rationalization of tax rates on five sectors - mobile phones, fertilizers, footwear, renewable energy equipment, and man-made textiles. The GST rate on mobile phones will be hiked from the current 12% to 18%. Mar 14, 2020
Bengaluru woman

India declares COVID-19 a national 'disaster'

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday, 14 March, declared COVID-19 as a national 'disaster' and announced to provide ex-gratia relief of Rs 4 lakh to the families who died of the virus. Mar 14, 2020
Basic protective measures against Coronavirus

Home quarantine guidelines for Covid-19 patients: Most important tips everyone must know

The Directorate General of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) issued home-quarantine guidelines in case of suspects of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) disease wherein focal clusters are arising from travel related transmission in an individual, or if a person is coming back from COVID-19 affected areas where local and community transmission is evident. Mar 14, 2020
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's communications chief Fabio Wajngarten with US president Donald Trump

Coronavirus Scares: Trump might be infected, Ivanka in self-isolation after Brazil meetings

US president Donald Trump denies responsibility for administration failures earlier during the coronavirus outbreak and declares national emergency to allocate $50 billion in federal resources to fight out the viral spread of the pandemic. Meanwhile, Ivanka Trump chooses self-isolation after meetings with the Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton and Brazilian communications director, Fábio Wajngarten who were later tested Covid-19 positive. Mar 14, 2020